Hartwell, David G. (ed.) - The Hard SF Renaissance / Хартвелл, Дэвид (ред.) - Научная фантастика. Ренессанс [2011, EPUB, ENG]

Introduction: New People, New Places, New Politics by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer Gene Wars / Генные войны by Paul J. McAuley Wang's Carpets / Ковры Вана by Greg Egan Genesis / Генезис by Poul Anderson Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars / Кручёный мяч на Марсе by Kim Stanley Robinson On the Orion Line / На линии Ориона by Stephen Baxter Beggars in Spain / Испанские нищие by Nancy Kress Matter's End / Конец материи by Gregory Benford The Hammer of God / Молот Господень by Arthur C. Clarke Think Like a Dinosaur / Думать, как динозавр by James Patrick Kelly Mount Olympus / Олимп by Ben Bova Marrow / Мозг by Robert Reed Microbe / Микроб by Joan Slonczewski The Lady Vanishes / Леди исчезает by Charles Sheffield Bicycle Repairman / Велосипедный мастер by Bruce Sterling An Ever-Reddening Glow / Красный свет by David Brin Sexual Dimorphism / Половой диморфизм by Kim Stanley Robinson Into the Miranda Rift / В пещерах Миранды by G. David Nordley The Shoulders of Giants / Плечи великанов by Robert J. Sawyer A Walk in the Sun / Вдогонку за солнцем by Geoffrey A. Landis For White Hill / Посвящается Белой горе by Joe Haldeman A Career in Sexual Chemistry / Карьера на поприще сексуальной химии by Brian Stableford Reef / Риф by Paul J. McAuley Exchange Rate / Скорость обмена by Hal Clement Reasons to Be Cheerful / Причины для счастья by Greg Egan Griffin's Egg / Яйцо грифона by Michael Swanwick Great Wall of Mars / Великая стена by Alastair Reynolds A Niche / Ниша by Peter Watts Gossamer / Паутинка by Stephen Baxter Madam Butterfly / Мадам Баттерфляй by James P. Hogan Understand / Понимай by Ted Chiang Halo / Гало by Karl Schroeder Different Kinds of Darkness / Иная тьма by David Langford Fast Times at Fairmont High / Горячая пора в Фэрмаунтской средней школе by Vernor Vinge Reality Check / Проверка реальности by David Brin The Mendelian Lamp Case / Дело о менделевской лампе by Paul Levinson Kinds of Strangers / Чужаки by Sarah Zettel The Good Rat / Хорошая крыса by Allen Steele Built Upon the Sands of Time / Возведено на песках времени by Michael F. Flynn Taklamakan / Такламакан by Bruce Sterling Hatching the Phoenix / Проклёвывающийся феникс by Frederik Pohl Immersion / Погружение by Gregory Benford

A layer of ice; it feels rough against my face, but not cold. I’ve got nothing to hold on to; my gloves just keep sliding off it. I can see people on top, running around, but they can’t do anything. I’m trying to pound the ice with my fists, but my arms move in slow motion, and my lungs must have burst, and my head’s going fuzzy, and I feel like I’m dissolving— I wake up, screaming. My heart’s going like a jackhammer. Christ. I pull off my blankets and sit on the edge of the bed. I couldn’t remember that before. Before I only remembered falling through the ice; the doctor said my mind had suppressed the rest. Now I remember it, and it’s the worst nightmare I’ve ever had. I’m grabbing the down comforter with my fists, and I can feel myself trembling. I try to calm down, to breathe slowly, but sobs keep forcing their way out. It was so real I could feel it: feel what it was like to die. I was in that water for nearly an hour; I was more vegetable than anything else by the time they brought me up. Am I recovered? It was the first time the hospital had ever tried their new drug on someone with so much brain damage. Did it work? . . .